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Abdülhamid II’s Domestic Policy: An Attempt at Periodization

Gökhan Çetinsaya

Saturday, December 17, 2016 5:00 PM Salon: ŞAKİR KOCABAŞ SALONU

On December 17th 2016, Center for Turkish Studies will host Gökhan Çetinsaya* under the diskussions theses-articles. Yörük will deliver a speech about “Abdülhamid II’s Domestic Policy: An Attempt at Periodization”** based on his thesis.***

 

This essay is an attempt at periodization of Abdülhamid II’s domestic policy an his political regime. It examines the period between 1876-1908 in six sub-periods in the framework of internal politica affairs: 1876-1878, 1878-1882, 1882-1891, 1891-1897, 1897-1902, 1902-1908. It outlines major political developments, key events, and turning points of every sub-period. It argues that main principles and policiez of Abdülhamid II’s political regime can be explored under six headings: conservatism, autocracy, centralism, internal Pan-Islamism, reformism and status quo policy. From the eraly 1880s on, Abdülhamid II resolutely applied all these principles and policies in domestic affairs; but when internal and external circumstances changed, the Sultan revised his principles and policies, and at times he was forced to compromise. Three major crises challenged Abdülhamid II’s regime: the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78, and the application of the Berlin Treaty of 1878; the Armenian question of 1894-1897; and the Macedonian question of 1903-1908. While the regime survived first two crises, the third led to the end of regime.

 

*Prof. Dr.

**Gökhan Çetinsaya, “Abdülhamid II’s Domestic Policy: An Attempt at Periodization”, Ottoman Studies, Issue: 47, 2016, ss. 353-409.

***The speech will be conducted in Turkish.

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